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"Working with the Omaha City Council, it's my pleasure to rename this block on North 20th Street to recognize and thank the Schenzels for their leadership and their love of our community," Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert said.

Ty and Terri Schenzel were among four people killed in a collision along Interstate 90 about 3 miles east of Alexandria, South Dakota.

"The loss is extreme and we miss them tremendously," Tyler Schenzel said. "So many things remind us of our parents throughout the day."

Ty Schenzel had worked as a youth pastor at Waypoint Church since Sept. 2013. He was also president of Just Add Water Press Publishing Co.

The Hope Center for Kids opened in October 1998.

Hope Center was formerly the Gene Eppley Boys Club in North Omaha. Ty Schenzel funded the project, and had seen it through the last 17 years.

The couple was well known in the Omaha and Fremont communities. Ty Schenzel also started the Hope Center for Kids in Fremont, along with participating in the Teammates Program.

"When I walk through the building, when I work, all I see is love," Hope Center staff member Bryan Riley said. "I see hope."

Riley has been a part of the Hope Center for more than a decade; now 22, he's working to honor his mentors and reached out to Stothert.

"It was something tugging on my heart saying there's something that should be dedicated to them," Riley said.

"I think my dad's reaction to something like this -- he'd be thrilled, overjoyed," Tyler Schenzel said. "And when I think about the foundation of his vision, the idea and dream God put in his heart, and then coming full circle today to see the street named after them, I think is an incredible story."

The legacy of Ty Schenzel and Terri Schenzel will live on closest to the place they brought hope to the Omaha community.